diff --git a/.claude/settings.json b/.claude/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..480c385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.claude/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "deny": [
+      "Read(./.env)",
+      "Read(./secrets/**)",
+      "Read(./config/credentials.json)",
+      "Read(./build)",
+	  "Read(./**.xml)",
+	  "Read(./embeddings**)"
+    ]
+  }
+}
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